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<p>Almost three quarters of the children in care looked after away from home are in foster care, and that is one reason why raising awareness of the phenomenal contribution of the fostering community is so important. And that’s where Foster Care Fortnight<sup>TM</sup> comes in…</p>
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<p><span style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; padding:0in" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="color:black">Our two-week campaign aims to push fostering further up the agenda than at any other time of the year and to enable a few extra column inches, tv and radio minutes or social media posts to be devoted to the vital, yet underappreciated role of the fostering community.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; padding:0in" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="color:black">It is an opportunity for us to celebrate the outstanding work that is taking place around the UK be it within fostering households, fostering services and local authorities, or as part of The Fostering Network’s own projects and programmes.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; padding:0in" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="color:black">During Foster Care Fortnight we take a day to focus on each of the four nations of the UK. Today (Friday) it’s the turn of England. The fostering community in England is huge – more than 56,000 children and young people live with 44,500 foster families or friends and family carers. Then there are the tens of thousands of social workers and other children’s social care staff, let alone the wider group of people who offer practical support and friendship to foster families.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; padding:0in" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="color:black">Seeing as Foster Care Fortnight is a celebration of fostering and an opportunity to highlight the transformational power of fostering, why don’t we look at a programme which has taken an innovative approach to fostering and gone from strength to strength thanks to collaboration with our members.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; padding:0in" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/mockingbird-programme">The Mockingbird Programme</a> began in England in 2015-2016 with the aim of strengthening the relationships between carers, children and young people, fostering services and birth families. The programme started with just eight fostering services using the extended family model to provide sleepovers and short breaks, peer support, regular joint planning and training, as well as social activities for all. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; padding:0in" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="color:black">There are now 38 Mockingbird partners supporting over 1,500 members of fostering families. And as if that wasn’t enough, findings published last year indicated that as a result of the support of being part of Mockingbird:</span></span></span></p>
<ul><li>87 foster carer resignations were avoided </li>
<li><span style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; padding:0in" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="color:black">115 children and young people have remained with their fostering family despite substantial risks of this relationship breaking down. </span></span></span><br />
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</ul><p><span style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; padding:0in" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="color:black">The strong relationships and inter-household bonds which have been developed and nurtured as part of the Mockingbird community are perhaps now, more important than ever with Mockingbird carers finding new ways to support each other and the children in their care even at a distance. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; padding:0in" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="color:black">Another significant factor in living through the recent lockdown environment has been the need for foster carers to help their children with homeschooling. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; padding:0in" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="color:black">Happily our education project <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/fostering-potential">Fostering Potential</a> has been underway for some time and its aim to support foster carers’ knowledge and confidence in their role as ‘first educators’ is particularly apt in these present times. An initial evaluation of Fostering Potential showed that the greatest impact of the work was in increasing foster carers’ confidence to support the education of their fostered children. Thanks again to partnership with our members and other sector organisations there have been a series of <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/fostering-potential/fostering-potential-webinars">webinars</a> and a very popular early in the year event attended by foster carers, social workers and staff from virtual schools. You can also read our blog written by the Fostering Potential project manager, called ‘<a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/blogs/davideggboro/supporting-learning-during-periods-school-closure-guide-fostering-families">Supporting learning during periods of school closure: a guide for fostering families</a>’.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; padding:0in" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="color:black">The Mockingbird Programme and Fostering Potential are just two examples illustrating the outstanding capability, capacity and resolve of foster families, friends and family carers and fostering service staff to look after the children and young people in foster care. A huge thank you to them and to everyone in the fostering community in England and the rest of the UK.</span></span></span></p>
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Fri, 15 May 2020 14:02:49 +0000DavidEggboro11967 at https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.ukhttps://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/blogs/davideggboro/england-projects-helping-in-lockdown#commentsYoung Advocateshttps://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/young-advocates
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<p>The Young Advocates project, funded by the Life Changes Trust and the Young Start Fund (delivered by the National Lottery Community Fund), will see young people with care experience create learning opportunities for teachers and trainee teachers around what the day-to-day reality of school or college can be like for them. The young advocates will also train foster carers to help build their awareness of how they can best support the children and young people in their care.</p>
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<p>Calling 16- to 25-year-olds!</p>
<ul><li>Would you like to be a young advocate and join an exciting new project with The Fostering Network?</li>
<li>Do you have experience of care?</li>
<li>Have you been a part of a fostering family?</li>
<li>Are you passionate about change?</li>
<li>Would you like to share your experience to help inform others?<br />
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Supported by a steering group, our Young Advocates project will be led by young people, including care experienced young people and the sons and daughters of foster carers. The project will strengthen relationships, raise awareness and reduce stigma within education.</p>
<p>Together you will create learning opportunities for teachers and trainee teachers around what the day-to-day experience of education can be like for children and young people who are care experienced. As part of this group you will also spend time speaking with foster carers to share with them your experience of education and help build their awareness of how they can best support the children in their care.</p>
<p>Funded by Life Changes Trust and Young Start Fund, this group will tap into existing networks and groups across Scotland to build upon what we already know about how to improve school for care experienced children and young people.</p>
<p>If you would like to find out more about joining the group, or if you know any young people who would be amazing young advocates, we would love to hear from you. Please contact Sarah McEnhill on <a href="mailto:scotland@fostering.net">scotland@fostering.net</a> or 0141 204 1400.</p>
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Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:28:27 +0000Sarah McEnhill11741 at https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.ukhttps://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/young-advocates#commentsFostering Attainment and Achievementhttps://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/fostering-attainment-and-achievement
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<p>Fostering Attainment and Achievement is a unique programme in Northern Ireland that works to improve educational outcomes for looked after children in foster care.</p>
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<p>Fostering Attainment and Achievement is one of a range of innovative programmes that The Fostering Network runs to improve foster care and outcomes for fostered young people.</p>
<p>For more information about Fostering Attainment and Achievement telephone The Fostering Network in Northern Ireland on 028 9070 5056, email our <a href="mailto:ni@fostering.net">Northern Ireland office</a>. </p>
<p>For media enquiries regarding Fostering Attainment and Achievement email The Fostering Network's <a href="mailto:media@fostering.net">media team</a> or phone 020 7620 6441.</p>
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About Fostering Attainment and Achievement </h2>
<p>Improving the Educational Attainment and Achievement of Looked After Children in Foster Care in Northern Ireland (Fostering Attainment and Achievement) is delivered by The Fostering Network in Northern Ireland and commissioned by the Health and Social Care Board. </p>
<p>Fostering Attainment and Achievement is an education support service for children and young people living in foster care and foster carers. Support can begin six months prior to starting primary school and can continue until age 18. </p>
<p>The Fostering Attainment and Achievement service recognises the need to improve educational attainment of children and young people in foster care and the vital role foster carers play in education for the young people they look after. </p>
<p>To access this service you must foster a young person in Northern Ireland. </p>
<p>The service is split into three areas:</p>
<h4>Support for foster carers</h4>
<p>Fostering Attainment and Achievement project workers will work alongside foster carers to provide advice, support and resources to help them engage with the education system.</p>
<ul><li>A helpline for all your educational queries and concerns.</li>
<li>One to one support on all education matters. This may include preparing for Looked After Children Reviews and Personal Education Plan meetings. Our staff can also support you at these meetings. </li>
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<ul><li>Summer programme including adventure schemes and residentials for teenagers and summer schemes for primary aged children. </li>
<li>Letterbox Club membership to inspire a love of reading and numeracy through monthly resource parcels. </li>
<li>Opportunities to explore further and higher education and training. This may include Pathways to University scheme or Pathways to Employment programme.</li>
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<p>The service also provides direct educational support and resources to fostered children and young people. This may include:</p>
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</ul><div>Referrals for the education resources part of the service can only be made by the child’s social worker or supervising social worker. This must be based on an assessment of need. All resources should be agreed as part of a personal education plan or looked after children’s review. </div>
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For information on the Fostering Attainment and Achievement Service contact <a href="mailto:ni@fostering.net">The Fostering Network in Northern Ireland</a>.</div>
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Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:27:36 +0000admin11573 at https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.ukhttps://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/fostering-attainment-and-achievement#commentsImproving Educational Outcomeshttps://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/advice-information/looking-after-fostered-child/improving-educational-outcomes
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<p>The Fostering Network works to improve educational outcomes for fostered children and young people, through its programmes, training and policy work.</p>
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<h3>Why do we need to support the education of fostered children and young people?</h3>
<p>The Fostering Network believes that it is vital to support the education of fostered children and young people because the available evidence shows that children who are looked after generally have lower attainment at school than other children. </p>
<p>For example, in 2017 just 32 per cent of looked after children in England reached the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics at Key Stage Two (the end of primary school). For children who were not looked after, 61 per cent reached the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics at the same age. This is a significant difference or ‘attainment gap’ between looked after children and other children. This is reflected in similar findings across the UK.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, this gap remains as children get older and research from the University of Oxford showed that young people leaving care are less likely to attend university and have poorer employment prospects than the general population. This can have a negative impact on their opportunities and life chances.</p>
<h3>What can make a difference?</h3>
<p>More research needs to be done in this area, but we know that some factors can make a positive difference.</p>
<p>Research from the University of Oxford showed that longer term foster care from an earlier age can have a positive impact on the educational outcomes of some looked after children. The researchers also spoke to looked after young people, who identified the positive influence of individual teachers and school staff and the importance of having someone who genuinely cared about them.</p>
<p>The Fostering Network programmes have also identified factors that may have a beneficial impact. During the evaluation of the<a href="http://reescentre.education.ox.ac.uk/research/education/evaluation-london-fostering-achievement-programme/"> London Fostering Achievement</a> programme, young people spoke of the importance of having high aspirations for their own future. Foster carers also benefitted from peer support to increase their knowledge of the education system and the services available.</p>
<p>A recent <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/news/2018/significant-increase-in-educational-attainment-looked-after-children-in-scotland">report by the Scottish Government</a> also showed that that, for young people leaving care, those who had been in foster care had higher attainment than those in other forms of care. Placement stability was also directly linked to better educational outcomes.</p>
<h3>What do we do?</h3>
<p>The Fostering Network wants better opportunities and outcomes for fostered children and works to achieve this through its programmes:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/fostering-potential">Fostering Potential</a> is a new programme in England, aiming to raise the educational outcomes of fostered children by increasing foster carers’ knowledge and confidence in their role as ‘first educators’.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/fostering-achievement">Fostering Achievement</a> worked with foster and kinship carers to improve educational outcomes for fostered children in Northern Ireland. This programme has now been replaced by Fostering Attainment and Achievement (more information coming soon).</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/about/about-us/our-work-in-scotland">Fostering Community Champions</a> programme provides direct peer support to foster carers throughout Scotland, including support on educational issues. The Fostering Network also provides support to the CELCIS Education forum, which includes teachers from across Scotland.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/fostering-excellence">Fostering Excellence</a> is a three-year national programme of improvement and support in Wales, placing foster carers at the centre of the team around the child. Workstreams include Fostering Achievement masterclasses, which are based on recent research into educational needs in Wales.</p>
<h3>Resources</h3>
<p>The Fostering Network website has a <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/advice-information/looking-after-fostered-child/education">page with links to education resources for foster carers</a>, including resources to support the education of looked after children in Wales and our publication ‘A Guide to the Education of Looked After Children in England’.</p>
<h3>References</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/outcomes-for-children-looked-after-by-las-31-march-2017">DfE. (2017). <em>Outcomes for children looked after by LAs: 31 March 2017. </em>London: DfE.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://reescentre.education.ox.ac.uk/research/educational-progress-of-looked-after-children/">REES Centre. (2015).<em>The Educational Progress of Looked After Children in England: Linking Care and Educational Data.</em> Oxford: University of Oxford</a></p>
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Mon, 02 Jul 2018 14:55:45 +0000N B Lakhani11354 at https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.ukhttps://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/advice-information/looking-after-fostered-child/improving-educational-outcomes#commentsFoster Carer Exit Interview Toolkithttps://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/recruitment-and-retention/foster-carer-exit-interview-toolkit
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<p><strong>The Fostering Network received funding from The Exilarch’s Foundation in 2018/19 to explore the development of an exit interview toolkit for fostering services to capture all of the reasons why foster carers leave their services. This information can then be used by the service to improve practice and inform foster carer retention and recruitment strategies. </strong></p>
<p><strong>The toolkit created is free to use for members of The Fostering Network.</strong></p>
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<h3>Project overview</h3>
<p>The Foster Carer Retention Project aimed to support fostering services to:</p>
<ul><li>capture all of the reasons why foster carers leave their fostering service</li>
<li>identify the optimum timings for processing exit interviews</li>
<li>identify any themes as to the reasons why foster carers choose to leave</li>
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<p>The result of this work is the creation of a four-part exit interview toolkit, consisting of the following elements:</p>
<ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/system/files/content/exitinterviewtoolkitp1.pdf">Exit interview guide for fostering services: using the toolkit </a></strong>- This is a short report and ‘how to’ guide, designed to enable those who will use the toolkit to understand how our learning has contributed to the overall vision for the toolkit, and how to use the toolkit in practice.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/system/files/content/exitinterviewtoolkitp2.pdf">Exit interview discussion guide</a> </strong>- This guide explains the two-part process to completing an exit interview for foster carers, and a sample of questions to ask and areas to cover. </li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/system/files/content/exitinterviewtoolkitp3.pdf">Information for foster carers leaving their service</a> </strong>- This guide for foster carers provides information on some of the actions those leaving their service or stopping fostering altogether need to undertake or, in the instance of tax returns for example, continue to do</li>
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<div><strong><a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/system/files/content/exitinterviewdatacollectiontool.xlsx">Data collection tool</a> </strong>- This table enables fostering services to collect data from the exit interview, which can be used to inform future practice and improve foster carer retention.<br />
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</ul><p>The exit interview toolkit is free to download and use for our members. The Fostering Network can also provide a service to undertake foster carer exit interviews on behalf of your fostering service. Please contact <a href="mailto:learninganddevelopment@fostering.net">learninganddevelopment@fostering.net</a> to enquire.</p>
<h3>Project activity </h3>
<p>The Foster Carer Retention Project ran from April 2018 to April 2019. Thank you to everyone who participated in this project through focus groups, online surveys and through the pilot phase in the design of the final toolkit. You can <a href="http://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/www.fostering.net/files/content/fostercareretentionprojectfinalreport.pdf">read the project report</a> to learn the steps we undertook in order to create these resources. </p>
<p>Please contact <a href="mailto:learninganddevelopment@fostering.net">learninganddevelopment@fostering.net</a> if you have any questions regarding the exit interview toolkit or the work undertaken as part of the Foster Carer Retention Project. </p>
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Wed, 23 May 2018 11:03:43 +0000Michelle.Galbraith11303 at https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.ukhttps://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/recruitment-and-retention/foster-carer-exit-interview-toolkit#commentsFostering Kinship Supporthttps://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/fostering-kinship-support
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<p>The Fostering Kinship Support programme supports kinship families to access support to help improve their well-being, build their skills and enable their engagement with the programme.</p>
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<p>Fostering Kinship Support is one of a range of <a href="https://www.fostering.net/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes">innovative programmes</a> that The Fostering Network runs to improve outcomes for kinship families.</p>
<p>For more information about Fostering Kinship Support telephone The Fostering Network in Northern Ireland on 028 9070 5056 or email <a href="mailto:mailto:Nikki.gregg@fostering.net">Nikki Gregg</a>. </p>
<p>For media enquiries regarding Fostering Kinship Support email The Fostering Network's <a href="mailto:media@fostering.net?subject=Fostering%20Achievement">media team</a> or phone 020 7620 6441.</p>
<h2>About the Project</h2>
<p>In Northern Ireland 35 per cent of children and young people in care live in an approved kinship placement, and all approved kinship carers are members of The Fostering Network. The Fostering Kinship Support programme enables The Fostering Network in Northern Ireland to provide tailored support specifically to young people living in a kinship placement and their kinship carers. </p>
<p>The Fostering Kinship Support programme aims to:</p>
<ul><li>Improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people living in kinship care.</li>
<li>Build a portfolio of skills which reflect enhanced life skills, confidence and personal development.</li>
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<p>This new initiative is funded by Children in Need, The Rayne Foundation and Ulster Garden Villages. Taking a needs based approach, the project offers a range of programmes, workshops, residentials, training and social events throughout the year, each with one of the three core objectives of Improving, Building and Enabling in mind. Each programme will target an area of need that has been identified by the young people or their carers.</p>
<p>The project will also work alongside carers to help and support them to engage with their local support groups and training programmes provided by the local health and social care trust.</p>
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Fri, 15 Sep 2017 10:19:39 +0000Daniel.Sinclairtfn10952 at https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.ukhttps://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/fostering-kinship-support#commentsStep Up Step Downhttps://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/step-step-down
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<p>The Fostering Network in Northern Ireland is bringing a pioneering approach to preventing children who are on the periphery of the care system from being taken into care, and instead supporting them to stay within their own homes. The five-year Step Up Step Down project is funded by The Big Lottery Fund as part of their Reaching Out Supporting Families programme.</p>
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<p>Step Up Step Down is one of a number of <a href="https://www.fostering.net/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes">innovative programmes</a> run by The Fostering Network.</p>
<p>For more information about Step Up Step Down email <a href="http://jade.irwin@fostering.net">Jade Irwin</a>. </p>
<p>For media enquiries regarding the programme email The Fostering Network’s <a href="mailto:media@fostering.net">media team</a> or phone 020 7620 6441.</p>
<h2>About Step Up Step Down</h2>
<p>Step Up Step Down, which is based upon the support care fostering model that has already been successfully used in England and Wales, operates in partnership with the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland, where four highly trained and experienced foster carers provide time limited, preventative support care delivered by foster carers to 120 families. The foster carer role is broadened and expanded to enable the foster carers to work intensively alongside birth families to build their skills, capacity and networks.</p>
<p>The programme gives parents the support of a foster carer who can ‘step up’ if the family needs additional support and ‘step down’ when parents are in a better place to support their children. If the family experiences a crisis situation, the child / children can stay with a foster carer for a short period of time, rather than being placed with strangers.</p>
<p>The support provided for families depends on individual family needs and includes:</p>
<ul><li>home based activities focused on key family times such as bedtime, mealtimes and getting to school</li>
<li>a programme of activities focused on learning and achieving as a family</li>
<li>a programme of learning and play activities for parents and children together</li>
<li>intensive support at times of family crisis</li>
<li>sign-posting and support to access additional services</li>
<li>a regular programme of home visits to plan and review support</li>
<li>developing and delivering a peer support model for families.</li>
</ul><div>Step Up Step Down was featured in a BBC Broadcast Appeal which can be found <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04vj91n">here</a></div>
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<p><img alt="" src="/sites/www.fostering.net/files/uploads/cypn-awards-logo2019-winner.png" style="width: 200px; height: 119px; float: right; margin: 10px;" />You can read more about Step Up Step Down's impact on this <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/blogs/n-b-lakhani/step-step-down-improving-life-in-household-0">blog</a></p>
<p>We were delighted that Step Up Step Down won the Family Support Award at the 2019 Children and Young People Now Awards.</p>
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Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:17:56 +0000admin9804 at https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.ukhttps://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/step-step-down#commentsThe Mockingbird programmehttps://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/mockingbird-programme
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<p>The Fostering Network’s Mockingbird programme is an innovative method of delivering foster care using an extended family model which provides sleepovers and short breaks, peer support, regular joint planning and training, and social activities.</p>
<p>The programme improves the stability of fostering placements and strengthens the relationships between carers, children and young people, fostering services and birth families.</p>
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<p>The introduction of the Mockingbird Family Model to the UK is one of a number of <a href="/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes">innovative programmes</a> that The Fostering Network runs to improve foster care and outcomes for fostered young people.</p>
<p>Please contact the <a href="mailto:mockingbird@fostering.net?subject?subject=Mockingbird">Mo<img alt="" src="/sites/www.fostering.net/files/uploads/mockingbird_family_model_logo.jpg" style="float:right; height:73px; margin-left:10px; margin-right:10px; width:160px" />ckingbird team</a> to register your fostering servic<span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;Montserrat&quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 13.46px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">e's interest in the </span>programme.</p>
<p>For media enquiries regarding the programme email The Fostering Network's <a href="mailto:media@fostering.net?subject=Mockingbird">media team</a> or ring 020 7620 6425.</p>
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<h3>About Mockingbird</h3>
<p>The Mockingbird programme delivers the Mockingbird Family Model. This centres on a constellation where one foster home acts as a hub, offering planned and emergency sleepovers and short breaks, advice, training and support, to six to 10 satellite households. The model was originally developed by The Mockingbird Society in America in 2004.<img alt="" src="/sites/www.fostering.net/files/uploads/tfn_mockingbird_diagram_colour_with_title.png" style="width: 401px; height: 400px; float: right;" /></p>
<p>Relationships are central to the programme and the hub home builds strong relationships with all those in the constellation, empowering families to support each other and overcome problems before they escalate or lead to placement breakdown and increasing protective factors around children.</p>
<p>The constellation also builds links with other families important to the children’s care plans and to resources in the wider community which can provide them with enhanced opportunities to learn, develop and succeed.</p>
<div>In June 2019 we conducted some interim analysis to assess the outcomes of the 17 services reporting between May 2018 and April 2019.</div>
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<p><a class="button" href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/www.fostering.net/files/content/mockingbirdposter.pdf">View the interim findings</a></p>
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<h3>Mockingbird in the UK</h3>
<p>The Fostering Network successfully piloted the Mockingbird Family Model in England in 2015-2016 in eight fostering services, with support from Department for Education’s Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme and The Mockingbird Society in America. The Innovation Programme has continued to support our original delivery partners, and five new ones, to further expand, test and sustain the model between 2017-2020.</p>
<p>In autumn 2019 The Fostering Network partnered with the Department for Education and What Works Center for Children's Social Care to gain further insight into the impact of the programme by examining the model with seven new partners. The community continues to grow with new locally funded partners implementing Mockingbird throughout the UK.</p>
<p>As of February 2020 there are 38 Mockingbird partners, 22 of which have at least one established constellation and 16 services are in the implementation stages of the programme. These constellations support over 1,500 children and adults in 380 hub and satellite homes with more constellations launching every month.</p>
<p>Through regular activities, these constellations develop a supportive community like an extended family, providing children and young people with a more positive experience of care. The average constellation in the UK has eight satellite homes containing 16 adults and 16 children and young people. Over half, (58 per cent) of children and young people living in Mockingbird households are in mainstream fostering placements.</p>
<p>Nationally 86 per cent of constellations contain either solely mainstream fostering placements of varied levels of need or are comprised of a mixture of placement types including; mainstream fostering, special guardianship orders, friends and family placements, adoptive placements and children and young people living in residential care. The model also offers supportive peer relationships for sons and daughters of foster carers, these young people make up 22 per cent of the children and young people who are part of Mockingbird households.</p>
<p>One of the central aims of Mockingbird is to provide proactive support and intervention that will mitigate the risk of a placement breaking down or a foster carer resigning. The unique role of the hub home carer enables both formal and informal interventions to be put in place to support placements during times of crisis.</p>
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<h3>Impact and evaluation</h3>
<div>Our interim analysis includes data from the 17 services reporting between May 2018 and April 2019. From the monthly monitoring data, services reported that 87 carer resignations were avoided through support provided by the Mockingbird programme during that year and that 115 children and young people whose placements were at risk of breakdown experienced improved placement stability and did not come to an unplanned ending. An additional five children and young people were prevented from entering a residential placement.</div>
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<div><br /><a class="button" href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/www.fostering.net/files/content/mockingbirdposter.pdf">View the interim findings</a></div>
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In addition fostering services that took part in the pilot and have continued to deliver the programme have reported change in the following vital areas:</div>
<ul><li>improved placement stability and reduction in placement breakdown</li>
<li>stronger relationships that support looked after children, young people and fostering families</li>
<li>the provision of a robust and resilient structure, which offers support through times of crisis and transition</li>
<li>improved respite care</li>
<li>increased skills, confidence and role satisfaction for foster carers</li>
<li>higher levels of foster carer retention and recruitment</li>
<li>improved experience of peer support</li>
<li>better experience of birth family contact, including siblings</li>
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</ul><p>To support the further development and expansion of the programme, we are working with the Rees Centre at Oxford University to provide an independent evaluation to be published in 2020. This will add to the existing evidence base for the programme and showcase the ongoing impact in the UK.</p>
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<h3>Joining the Mockingbird programme</h3>
<div>We are working with a growing number of local authority fostering services, children’s services trusts and independent fostering providers across the UK. Please <a href="mailto:mockingbird@fostering.net?subject=Mockingbird">contact the Mockingbird team</a> to register your fostering service's interest in the programme.</div>
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During the implementation period The Fostering Network provide each partner service with the support and guidance needed to tailor the programme to meet local needs within fidelity criteria. This ensures they embed the programme in their policies and staff teams, and launch sustainable constellations. Once constellations are launched we offer ongoing support and shared learning opportunities to all services.</div>
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The Fostering Network are currently working with 38 partners to deliver the Mockingbird programme: Barnardo's Edinburgh, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council, Cheshire East Council, Doncaster Children’s Services Trust, Flintshire County Council, Fostering People, Fostering to Inspire, Heath Farm Fostering, Hertfordshire County Council, Isle of Man Council, Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council, Leeds City Council, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Haringey, London Borough of Merton, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London Borough of Waltham Forest, NFA London and South East, The North Midlands Regional Adoption and Permanency Partnership, North Somerset County Council , North Yorkshire County Council, Oxfordshire County Council, Portsmouth City Council, Rochdale Borough Council, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Sheffield City Council, Slough Children’s Services Trust, South Tyneside Council, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Suffolk County Council, Surrey County Council, Wakefield Council, Walsall Council, Warrington Borough Council, Wigan Council.</p>
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<ul></ul><h3>Case study: Stockport</h3>
<p>For episode three of our podcast, <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/podcasts">All About Fostering</a>, we visited Stockport to hear the thoughts of fostering service staff and foster carers on being a part of Mockingbird. Stockport Council was one of the eight original pilot sites for the programme which began in 2015.</p>
<p>Listen or download the podcast below.</p>
<p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/363009548&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p>Music: "Heartwarming" Kevin MacLeod (<a href="http://incompetech.com/">incompetech.com</a>) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</a></p>
<p>You can also read about the Mockingbird programme in Stockport in our <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/blogs/davideggboro/mockingbird-new-way-foster">blog</a>.</p>
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<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/www.fostering.net/files/cypn-awards-logo2018-finalist.jpg" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: right; width: 300px; height: 143px;" />Children and Young People Now Awards</h3>
<p>We were delighted to have been Highly Commended for our Mockingbird programme as part of the 2018 Children and Young People Now Awards as finalists in the Children in Care category. </p>
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Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:16:20 +0000admin9803 at https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.ukhttps://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/mockingbird-programme#commentsFostering Community Championshttps://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/programmes-and-projects/fostering-community-champions
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<p>Fostering Community Champions in Scotland was an exciting four-year project, which started in 2014, that aimed to improve the outcomes of children in care by reducing the isolation experienced by many foster carers and helping young people to use their experience of foster care in a positive and meaningful way.</p>
<p>During the project, funded by the Big Lottery Fund, we trained and supported 48 volunteers, including 36 foster carers and 12 young people.</p>
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<h2><strong>Foster carer champions</strong></h2>
<p>This exciting project offered a unique service to foster carers in Scotland.</p>
<p>Foster carer champions are experienced foster carers with an excellent ability to listen to and support carers who may be experiencing problems or just need some one to talk to. Champions have expertise in a wide variety of areas, such as:</p>
<ul><li>responding to challenging behaviour</li>
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</ul><p>Foster carer champions have received training and ongoing support from The Fostering Network to assist them in their role and embrace ongoing opportunities to increase their knowledge and skills. These champions support foster carers throughout Scotland via phone or email.</p>
<p>Foster carer champions have also been involved with focus groups and research projects to help improve fostering as a whole, as well as supporting the development of training on positive contact which we will be rolling out shortly.</p>
<p>Foster carers often feel isolated and cannot always talk to someone about the struggles they are going through, the champions project bridges this gap, matching carers to give them the opportunity to talk through issues they are facing. The support delivered by foster carer champions to newly approved foster carers meant that new carers had an improved initial experience of foster care.</p>
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<h2><strong>Young champions</strong></h2>
<p>Young champions are young people aged between 15 and 22 who have lived in a fostering household. Our young champions took part in a range of activities to support young people across Scotland, including:</p>
<ul><li>Writing and delivering training for foster carers.</li>
<li>Presenting and facilitating conferences and national events.</li>
<li>Working alongside partner agencies such as CELCIS, the Children’s Commissioner Scotland and the Independent Care Review.</li>
<li>Producing short films, writing blogs and articles for national publications. </li>
<li>Appearing on national radio interviews. </li>
</ul><p>The young champions have been trained in public speaking, media training and have completed online courses to enhance their skills, confidence and future opportunities. </p>
<p>Towards the end of 2016, the young champions made a film '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JYnMNabEQtk" target="_blank">Give Me a Chance'</a> to highlight the challenges children and young people can face in everyday life when placed into care. The film was launched at the Scottish Parliament and has since been viewed across the UK and as far afield as Australia! </p>
<p>Throughout this project our young champions shared their personal experiences and advice throughout Scotland, on how to improve foster care for children and young people and addressing the stigma often faced by those growing up in foster families. The young champions felt the opportunities they had to speak with key decision makers made a significant difference to the fostering landscape and they are passionate that other young people should have similar platforms. Young people are the experts in their experiences and they should be actively involved in the decisions affecting them. </p>
<p><a id="film" name="film"></a>Watch the film below to hear from the young champions about their experiences over the last four years.</p>
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<p>​Fostering Achievement was a programme in Northern Ireland, running from 2006-2018, that worked with foster and kinship carers as primary educators to improve educational outcomes for looked after children in foster care. After twelve years Fostering Achievement came to an end in March 2018 and was replaced by <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/fostering-attainment-and-achievement">Fostering Attainment and Achievement</a>.</p>
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<p>Fostering Achievement was one of a range of <a href="https://www.fostering.net/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes">innovative programmes</a> that The Fostering Network runs to improve foster care and outcomes for fostered young people.</p>
<p>​For media enquiries regarding Fostering Achievement email The Fostering Network's <a href="mailto:media@fostering.net?subject=Fostering%20Achievement">media team</a> or phone 020 7620 6441.</p>
<h2>About Fostering Achievement</h2>
<p>Fostering Achievement was a universal programme commissioned by the Health and Social Care Board and delivered in partnership with all five statutory Health and Social Care Trusts and independent fostering providers. </p>
<p>Fostering Achievement aimed to improve the educational outcomes of children and young people in foster care through the provision of educational supports and resources to support a child’s educational and personal development. This may include one to one tuition, driving lessons, provision of IT equipment or activities such as music lessons and sports coaching. </p>
<p>In addition, the scheme offered a full programme of summer activities including Primary Summer Schemes which encourage fun based learning, Teen Adventure activity based residential programmes and Pathways to University residentials to encourage aspiration.</p>
<p>Fostering Achievement produced significant improvements in educational outcomes for children in foster care and proved that with the right support all children can achieve their full potential. The scheme also proved to be a truly effective partnership, delivering resources and support to 13,905 young people over 10 years.</p>
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<p>The Fostering Network delivered Fostering Achievement in Northern Ireland from 2006 until 2018 and the impact of the programme was demonstrated in improved educational outcomes for young people. Of those young people in receipt of tuition from Fostering Achievement and taking GCSEs in 2016, more than twice as many gained five or more A*-C grades compared to the general looked after child population. </p>
<p><a class="button" href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/www.fostering.net/files/content/fosteringachievementimpactreport.pdf">Read the impact report</a></p>
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